In which a pair of lively tragedians set about rehearsing their Shakespearean show with great gusto on the raft, whilst the nearby town buzzes with gossip, fights, and the ill-tempered antics of a drunkard named Boggs. The people gather thick as flies to witness a fatal shooting that shakes the town and stirs up a fierce call for vigilante justice, revealing the rough-and-tumble nature of frontier life.